Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:23:42 -0400
Reply-To: Karl Mullendore <groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
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From: Karl Mullendore <groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
Subject: Re: Vitrifrigo
I bought the first two from a different supplier who has slightly newer
stock. Commercial Products, division of Truck Fridge, is where everyone else
is buying, that's where I found the stock of 200+ units that I was able to
set up the group price on. So that's why the difference. Mine does have a
fan on the condenser also, maybe not visible in my photos. The AC add-on box
was also different on some, as it was added on to make the DC + AC version,
when the stock fridges were set up as 12/24 DC. The new Truckfridge is
basically a licensed copy from what I understand and they are able to sell
them for less because they aren't being made in Italy. Still lovin' mine, so
much that I got the SS 90-liter version for my highroof project. :-)
Karl
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:51:10 -0600, Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
wrote:
>If you look at Karl's pictures on his web site, he got
>the slider latch. Others got the latch held by a pin.
>Of course, Karl's fridge does not have the muffin fan
>attached to the condensor, which all the others seem to.
>Maybe his was prototype A and mine was prototype B...
>or C or D or....
>
>Some got all the electrical stuff inside the box on the
>back of the fridge, and I got a separate box.
>
>Do A and B go together or are there four (or more) versions?
>
>I don't know. I think we all bought the C51isac....
>
>I like the latch I got. The electric box I don't care about.
>I just mounted it under the sink drawer. It has the 12V
>and 120V hookups. From it to the fridge, just two wires.
>Other fridges have all that stuff in the upper rear corner
>of the fridge.
>
>Anyway, it's moot. There is a new fridge. See Karl's
>pages. Truckfridge has a version that seems to have even
>a third kind of latch!
>http://truckfridge.com/cr49.html
>Plus its rear electricals look different from any I've seen,
>but the interior looks identical. I'll bet $$$ it is a version
>of the Vitrifrigo. (It does have the muffin fan....)
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